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Captain of Swiss vessel detained over deadly Budapest boat crash

Fri, 31 May 2019 11:21:21 +0200

The captain of a Swiss hotel boat involved in a fatal river collision in Budapest on Wednesday evening has been taken into custody as police investigate his role in the accident.

Four-year-old crashes boat into ferry on Swiss lake

Tue, 20 Jun 2017 10:37:26 +0200

A 42-year-old man and his son were injured when their rental motorboat collided with a ferry on Lake Constance on Sunday after the father left his son, aged four, at the wheel.

‘No Americans’: Lausanne boat captain has public rant at Trump

Wed, 07 Jun 2017 12:36:29 +0200

The captain of a tourist boat in the Lausanne port of Ouchy has caused a stir over the last few days after he put up a poster that appeared to ban Americans from his vessel.

Swiss boats scoop prizes in Lake Geneva races

Sun, 19 Jul 2015 22:30:34 +0200

Boats designed by Swiss students proved to be among the fastest and most innovative in an international contest held on Lake Geneva.

Boats of the future set sail on Lake Geneva

Wed, 15 Jul 2015 19:47:25 +0200

An international competition to find the best, most energy-efficient boats of the future has launched on Lake Geneva.

Swiss researchers seek prehistoric Greek village

Mon, 28 Jul 2014 21:04:36 +0200

The world's largest solar boat, the catamaran PlanetSolar, will embark on a Greek mission to find one of the oldest sites inhabited by man in Europe, organizers in Switzerland said on Monday.

Rescuers search for man missing in lake

Tue, 30 Jul 2013 18:54:00 +0200

Police are searching for a 48-year-old man who along with his 10-year-old son fell from a motorboat into Lake Constance.

Pensioner to stand trial over boat accident death

Fri, 10 May 2013 14:32:00 +0200

A 77-year-old man is to appear in court charged with the negligent manslaughter of a young woman killed by a motorboat on Lake Biel in 2010.

Swiss solar boat finishes historic world tour

Wed, 02 May 2012 12:00:34 +0200

Super-yacht PlanetSolar, brainchild of a Swiss eco-adventurer, has completed the first ever round-the-world trip to be powered entirely by the sun's rays.